Build your bookkeeping app.

How to build your bookkeeping app

1. 1

   Describe the job

   Build a bookkeeping workspace around transactions, source statements and reconciliation.

2. 2

   Review the first version

   Choose how the bookkeeper records the transaction and how the account owner reviews the next step.

3. 3

   Refine the views

   Ask First to adjust the fields and views for the people who will use the app.

4. 4

   Test before sharing

   Walk through the process with a sample record and check who owns the next action.

What to include in your bookkeeping app

• Keep the transaction in context

  Keep transaction, source statement, category, reconciliation period, reviewer and adjustment together so the next person can understand the request or record.

• When the next step needs a decision

  A bank entry appears twice in the imported sample. Isolate the duplicate for review instead of silently removing either source record.

• Keep adjustment visible

  Keep an unexplained difference open rather than changing the source transaction silently.

• Choose what each person needs

  Give the bookkeeper a working view and the account owner a review view. Keep transaction and source statement attached to the decision as the work moves between them.